Breaching the 100-run mark, taking the helmet off, and acknowledging the crowd is a moment to savour for any batter. And if he hits the century in a fierce rivalry like the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, then it is an even special moment for him. Some batters in history could easily absorb the pressure of this rivalry and deliver what they needed to do. Listed below are the Top 10 Most Centuries In Border-Gavaskar Trophy-

1. Sachin Tendulkar (9)

India’s ‘Master Blaster’ has scored 9 centuries in 65 innings. His best score was 241* in Sydney in 2004. In 2010, he scored 214 in Bengaluru to become the second Indian to score two double-centuries in this tournament. He is also the leading run-scorer in the history of this tournament.

2. Steve Smith (8)

Australia’s Steve Smith is one of the “Fab Four” today. Starting his international career as a leg-spinner, Smith has grown into one of the best batters to have played cricket. Smith has smashed 8 centuries in the history of this series. 4 of those centuries came in the 2014-15 season at home. In this same season, he scored his best score of 192 in Melbourne. He has the best average score of 72.58 in this rivalry.

3. Ricky Ponting (8)

The third and fourth highest scores (257 & 242) in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy are recorded by Ricky Ponting. He has scored 8 centuries in 51 innings and has converted 3 of those into 200+ scores. His best score of 257 came in Melbourne in 2003.

4. Virat Kohli (7)

Virat Kohli has scored 7 centuries against Australia in Test matches. His best score of 169 came in Melbourne in the Boxing Day Test in 2014. In the 2014-15 series, he scored 692 runs to become the highest-scoring Indian in a single edition away from home. In the same season, he made his captaincy debut in Tests for India. Since then, he has led India in 10 matches (joint-third most).

5. Michael Clarke (7)

Former captain Michael Clarke follows Kohli on this list. Clarke has scored 7 centuries in 40 innings. He is the only player in the history of this series to score a triple-century. He scored 329* at Sydney Cricket Ground in 2012. As a captain, he led Australia to 5 wins in 8 matches. This is equal to a success rate of 62.5%.

6.Matthew Hayden(6)

Destructive opening-batter Matthew Hayden took 35 innings to score 6 centuries. He scored 1888 runs at a third-best average of 59. His best batting figure of 203 runs came in Chennai in 2001.

7. VVS Laxman (6)

In the famous 2001 Kolkata Test match, India was trailing by 274 after the end of the second innings. Following on, India was in deep trouble after being reduced to 232-4 and was staring a defeat. But then came a historic fifth-wicket partnership. VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid tortured the Australian bowlers and added 376-runs. India eventually won the match by a whopping 171 runs. Laxman was the hero for India. He scored a humongous 281 in the third innings while Dravid added 180. Laxman scored 6 centuries throughout his career in this series and converted 2 of those to double-centuries.

8. Cheteshwar Pujara (5)

India’s Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 5 tons against a classy Australian team. He was a vital player of the Indian team which won its first-ever Test series in Australia in 2018. With 521 runs and 3 centuries, he was the leading run-scorer in that season. His best score of 204 came in Hyderabad in 2013.

9. Murali Vijay (4)

Indian opening batter Murali Vijay has scored 4 centuries with the best score of 167 in Hyderabad in 2013. He scored 1324 runs with an average of 47.28. He also had six 50+ scores to his name.

 

10. David Warner (4)

Left-handed opening batter David Warner has scored 4 centuries and 1148 runs in 34 innings. However, his last Test century against India came in 2015 in Sydney when he scored 101.